growler

PRONUNCIATION:

(GROU-luhr)

MEANING:

noun:
1. One that growls.
2. A container (as a pail or pitcher) brought by a customer to fetch beer.
3. A small iceberg.
4. A four-wheeled cab.
5. An electromagnetic device for testing short-circuited coils.

ETYMOLOGY:

From growl, from Middle English groule, grollen (to rumble), probably of
imitative origin.

"The two-story building will feature a to-go bar on the first floor for
beer aficionados to buy and fill growlers."
Rachael Fisher; Brewing Company on the Move; The Anchorage Daily News
(Alaska); May 1, 2009.

"We sailed the 30-mile stretch of the Atlantic Sound, otherwise known as
Iceberg Alley. The smaller, granite-hard growlers are to be avoided just
as deftly as the enormous floating glacial islands."
Neill Johnston; Cool Cruise Among Ice and Penguins; Birmingham Post (UK);
May 15, 2009.

"So this growler will get into Audi R8 territory for about a third of the
Audi's $130,000 starting price tag."
Jeremy Cato; New Challenger Even Better; The Globe and Mail (Toronto,
Canada); Feb 19, 2008.